KGS--CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifer and Depleted Oil Reservoir

A new web page has been created in support of the "Small Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO₂ Sequestration" project. The first quarterly report has been placed online.

All of the rest of the core photos have been placed online.

Fourth Quarter Report, 2011 online (9th Report). "Subtasks completed within current quarter: Completed Subtasks 2.5 and 2.6 and 16.2 and 16.3--Gathering and interpret gravity/magnetic data and remote sensing analysis for lineaments; Subtask 4.10 PVT analysis Subtasks completed till date include: 1) 3D seismic survey at Wellington field (Sumner County, KS) processed and p-wave interpreted, 2) Wellington field seismic data merged with donated 3D seismic data from the adjacent Anson and Bates fields, 3) Wellington 3D seismic interpretation includes structure, time slices, volumetric coherency, curvature, and fault/flexure mapping, 4) two test boreholes drilled in Wellington Field, 5) gravity and magnetic surveys over 17+ county regional study area have been reprocessed and suggested basement faults/fracture trends mapped for validation, 6) remote sensing data over 17+ county regional study area analyzed and surface lineaments mapped, 7) multiple stratigraphic horizons have been mapped over regional study area, 8) multi-township areas selected within regional study area for detailed characterization and simulation studies to evaluate CO₂ sequestration potential in Arbuckle Group saline aquifer, 9) depth-constrained cluster analysis conducted on petrophysical properties to identify Arbuckle flow-units and analysis tool incorporated into Java petrophysical application, 10) initial simulation studies of Arbuckle conducted at Oxy-Chem #10 well to north of Wellington Field in Sedgwick County and at Wellington Field in Sumner County to make preliminary estimates of CO₂ sequestration potential, 11) available Arbuckle DST data collected, analyzed, and mapped showing hydraulic communication with northwestern Ozark uplift outcrop in Missouri, 12) website has been updated to include maps of latest subsurface geology, remote sensing analysis, and reprocessed gravity and magnetic information, 13) initial core description made, 14) release new log analysis Java web tool, 15) updated interactive mapper with new legend and map section window."

Presentation given at AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 2011 online.

All core analyses and first core photos online.

Two PDFs online from U.S. Department of Energy Carbon Storage Program Infrastructure Annual Review Meeting (featuring DOE's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships), Pittsburgh, PA, November 15-17, 2011

AAPG Mid-Continent and KDHE Fall Seminar presentations online

Third Quarter Report, 2011 online. "Subtasks completed till date include: 1) 3D seismic survey at Wellington field (Sumner County, KS) processed and p-wave interpreted, 2) Wellington field seismic data merged with donated 3D seismic data from the adjacent Anson and Bates fields, 3) Wellington 3D seismic interpretation includes structure, time slices, volumetric coherency, curvature, and fault/flexure mapping, 4) two test boreholes drilled in Wellington Field, 5) gravity and magnetic surveys over 17+ county regional study area have been reprocessed and suggested basement faults/fracture trends mapped for validation, 6) remote sensing data over 17+ county regional study area analyzed and surface lineaments mapped, 7) multiple stratigraphic horizons have been mapped over regional study area, 8) multi-township areas selected within regional study area for detailed characterization and simulation studies to evaluate CO₂ sequestration potential in Arbuckle Group saline aquifer, 9) depth-constrained cluster analysis conducted on petrophysical properties to identify Arbuckle flow-units and analysis tool incorporated into Java petrophysical application, 10) initial simulation studies of Arbuckle conducted at Oxy-Chem #10 well to north of Wellington Field in Sedgwick County and at Wellington Field in Sumner County to make preliminary estimates of CO₂ sequestration potential, 11) available Arbuckle DST data collected, analyzed, and mapped showing hydraulic communication with northwestern Ozark uplift outcrop in Missouri, 12) website has been updated to include maps of latest subsurface geology, remote sensing analysis, and reprocessed gravity and magnetic information, 13) initial core description made, 14) release new log analysis Java web tool, and 15) updated interactive mapper with new legend and map section window."